Three advertising agency execs in Italy recently walked 200 kilometers to pitch a mobile accessories company their marketing idea—and they used that company’s chargers, selfie sticks, headphones and iPhone covers to document their journey and prepare their presentation. They also managed existing clients from the road. The mini-campaign-within-a-new-business pitch argues that every worker is now a mobile worker (see #mobileworkers). Talk about embodying your message.

Betches Love This, a highly irreverent millennial lifestyle website, has managed to do what so many publishers in today’s fiercely competitive media landscape can’t—convert steadily growing readership into profit, all thanks to its new online retail store, Shop Betches. The store mirrors its readers’ interests: a fast and easy shop with clothes readers will wear, all written in their own language, such as leggings that say “You can’t spin with us” and a sports bra reading “Bad Betch.” It’s this distinct voice coupled with a deep understanding of its target audience that’s allowing Betches Love This to convert “thoughts that run through girls’ heads” into a profitable retail outfit.

President Barack Obama is pushing for more diversity in the tech sector by hosting the nation’s most equitable startups at the first-ever White House Demo Day. The President didn’t ask companies to pitch their ideas to investors, but rather the economic benefits of hiring women and ethnic minorities (many of the presenting companies’ CEOs are women and/or minorities). Just one per cent of venture-capital backed startups in the US are led by an African-American, and only 3 per cent are founded by women, according to Obama. Kudos to the President for reminding everyone that social equality and economic prosperity are two sides of the same coin.

Dixie Gillaspie writes every day, and in each draft, she aims to give her readers value. When writer’s block hits, she returns to three magical questions that help her unlock that value: What questions did I answer today? What questions do people ask me the most? What questions have I recently answered for myself? Try it yourself next time your confronted with a blank page.